Father He Came Home- Vicky S (UK) c. 1994
[Posted URL: http://able2know.org/topic/52-2 on Tue 24 Aug, 2010 05:26 pm. Interesting that the last stanza (probably a recent addition) implies the theme of B, she hangs herself because her sailor has died at sea.
R. Mateson 2017]
Father He Came Home- as sung by Vicky S learned from her nanny and cousins in the UK about 1994. vicky s comments: think this has been passed and changed through the generations and areas...my nan sang her version to me an my cousins growing up which was as follows:
Father he came home one night,
to find his house without a light.
He went into his daughters room,
and found her hanging by a rope.
He got a knife and cut her down,
and on her breasts these words where found.
Dig my grave and dig it deep,
put tomb stones at my head and feet.
And a turtle dove to signify,
to signify i died of love.
I died of love as you may see,
I loved a sailor upon the sea.
I loved him and he loved me
But now he's deep in the deep blue sea.